Freddie Patek

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-5, 148lb (165cm, 67kg)

Born: October 9, 1944 in Oklahoma City, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Seguin HS (Seguin, TX)

Debut: June 3, 1968 (Age 23-238d, 12,696th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 36-359d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Frederick Joseph Patek

Nicknames: The Flea or The Cricket

Pronunciation: \PAW-tek\

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.1

5530

1340

.242

736

RBI

490

385

OBP

.309

SLG

.324

OPS

.633

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	50	14.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
2	2	Apr 9	PIT	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	1	7	2	SS
3	3	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	PIT		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
7	7	Apr 14	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 16	PIT		NYM	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 17	PIT		NYM	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 22 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 22 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
15	15	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 25	PIT		MON	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	SS
17	17	Apr 26	PIT		MON	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
18	18	Apr 27	PIT		MON	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
19	19	Apr 28	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	PIT		STL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
23	23	May 2	PIT	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
24	24	May 3	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
25	25	May 4	PIT	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
26	26	May 6	PIT		SDP	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
27	27	May 7	PIT		SDP	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
28	28	May 9	PIT		LAD	L,3-13	CG	44	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
29	29	May 10	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 12	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	GF	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 13	PIT		SFG	L,8-11	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
32	33 (1)	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
33	34	May 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
34	36 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	37	May 21	PIT	@	SDP	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
36	38	May 22	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
37	39	May 23	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	40	May 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
39	41	May 25 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	47 (5)	May 31	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	49 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
42	50	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	56 (5)	Jun 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,13-8	GF	30	6.1	3	1	0	4	1	SS
44	57	Jun 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	1	SS
45	58	Jun 13	PIT		ATL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
46	59	Jun 14	PIT		ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	60	Jun 15	PIT		ATL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
48	61	Jun 16	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
49	62	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
50	63	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
51	64	Jun 18	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
52	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
53	66	Jun 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	67	Jun 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
55	68	Jun 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
56	69	Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
57	70	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	71	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
59	72	Jun 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	44	9.2	3	3	1	7	2	SS
60	73	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
61	74	Jun 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
62	75	Jun 29	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
63	76	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	77	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	SS
65	78	Jul 2	PIT		PHI	L,4-14	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
66	80 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
67	81	Jul 6	PIT		NYM	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	82	Jul 8	PIT		MON	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
69	83	Jul 9 (1)	PIT		MON	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
70	84	Jul 9 (2)	PIT		MON	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
71	85	Jul 10	PIT		MON	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
72	86	Jul 11	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	GS	26	6.1	1	3	1	5	0	SS
73	87	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
74	88	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	89	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
76	90	Jul 14	PIT	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	91	Jul 15	PIT	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
78	92	Jul 16	PIT	@	MON	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
79	93	Jul 17	PIT	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
80	94	Jul 18	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
81	95	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	96	Jul 24	PIT		SDP	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
83	97	Jul 25	PIT		SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
84	98	Jul 26	PIT		SDP	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
85	99	Jul 27	PIT		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	100	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
87	101	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
88	102	Jul 30	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	103	Jul 31	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	54	15.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	104	Aug 1	PIT		SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
91	105	Aug 2	PIT		SFG	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
92	106	Aug 3	PIT		SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
93	109 (2)	Aug 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
94	110	Aug 8	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
95	111	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
96	112	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	SDP	W,8-6	GS	20	5.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
97	114 (1)	Aug 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
98	115	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
99	116	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
100	117	Aug 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	118	Aug 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
102	119	Aug 19	PIT		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
103	120	Aug 20	PIT		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
104	121	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
105	122	Aug 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
106	123	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
107	124	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
108	125	Aug 26	PIT		ATL	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	126	Aug 27	PIT		ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
110	127	Aug 28	PIT		ATL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
111	128	Aug 29	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
112	129	Aug 30	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
113	130	Aug 31	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	131	Sep 1	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
115	132	Sep 3	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
116	133	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
117	134	Sep 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
118	135	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
119	136	Sep 8	PIT	@	MON	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
120	137	Sep 9	PIT	@	MON	L,2-4	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
121	138	Sep 10 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-11	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
122	139	Sep 10 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
123	140	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
124	141	Sep 12 (1)	PIT		NYM	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
125	142	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
126	143	Sep 13	PIT		NYM	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
127	144	Sep 14	PIT		NYM	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
128	145	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
129	146	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
130	147	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
131	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
132	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
133	150	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
134	151	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
135	152	Sep 20	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
136	153	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
137	154	Sep 21 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-6	GS	31	6.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
138	155	Sep 23	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	156	Sep 25 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
140	157	Sep 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
141	158	Sep 26	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
142	159	Sep 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
143	160	Sep 28	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
144	161	Oct 1	PIT		MON	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
145	162	Oct 2	PIT		MON	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
							146gm		1233.0	227	399	30	656	81